The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame celebrates over 120 years of basketball history in the city that has come to be known as the "Mecca of Basketball" aka in New York City - recognizing and honoring the best basketball players, coaches, referees, promoters and contributors in the history of

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. Candidates for the hall are nominated for the honor by the public and chosen annually by a select committee consisting of

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, media personalities and coaches. The governing body of the hall was most recently appointed by their peers in May 2023 for a two-year term.

History

The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class was inducted in May 1990. The hall's first class included all-time basketball superstars

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( ; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. , April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Associatio ...

Billy Cunningham William John Cunningham (born June 3, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the NBA' ...

, Coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee,

Bob Cousy Robert Joseph Cousy ( , born August 9, 1928) is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA ...

, William “Pop” Gates,

Connie Hawkins Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins (July 17, 1942 – October 6, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk" was to play basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes but wa ...

, Coach

Dick McGuire Richard Joseph McGuire (January 26, 1926 – February 3, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. McGuire was one of the premier guards of the 1950s, playing 11 seasons in the NBA (1949–60), eight with the New York Knicks ...

Holcombe Rucker Holcombe Rucker (March 2, 1926 – March 20, 1965) was a playground director in Harlem for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation from 1948 to 1964. He founded the New York City pro-am basketball tournament, that still bears his name ...

, Adolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra. A total of twenty eight classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990 and 2017 when the two legendary founders Robert A. "Bob" Williams and Howard "Garf" Garfinkel passed away, followed closely by the passing of founding board members Cecil Watkins and Tom Konchalski themselves members of the hall. On 24 May 2023 a newly constituted board was appointed with the next induction ceremony scheduled for September 2024.

Inductees

Listed by induction year

1990

Red Auerbach Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. As a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he led the Boston Celtics to an unprecedented champio ...

Clair Bee Clair Francis Bee (March 2, 1896 – May 20, 1983) was an American basketball coach who led the team at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York to undefeated seasons in 1936 and 1939, as well as two National Invitation Tournament titles in 1 ...

Pop Gates William Penn "Pop" Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Considered one of the top players of his day, he was the first African American player signed to the National Basketball League, whi ...

Dolph Schayes Adolph Schayes ( ; May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA select ...

* Zelda Spoelstra

1991

* Nate "Tiny" Archibald * Bob Douglas *

Nat Holman Nat Holman (born Nathan Helmanowich; October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and is the only coach to lead his team ...

Red Holzman William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to ...

Ned Irish Edward S. Irish (May 6, 1905 – January 21, 1982) was an American basketball promoter and one of the key figures in popularizing professional basketball. He was the founder and president of the New York Knicks from 1946 to 1974. He was enshrined i ...

Dolly King William "Dolly" King (October 19, 1913 – January 29, 1969) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. He was one of a handful of African Americans to play in the National Basketball League (NBL), the predecessor of the NBA. ...

* Andrew "Fuzzy' Levane * Bernard "Red" Sarachek *

Bobby Wanzer Robert Francis Wanzer (June 4, 1921 – January 23, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Roche ...

Lenny Wilkens Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, fi ...

1992

* Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel *

Marty Glickman Martin Irving Glickman (August 14, 1917 – January 3, 2001) was an American radio announcer who was famous for his broadcasts of the New York Knicks basketball games and the football games of the New York Giants and the New York Jets. Glickman ...

* Sihugo "Si" Green *

Richie Guerin Richard Vincent Guerin (born May 29, 1932) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atla ...

* Sidney "Sonny" Hertzberg *

John Isaacs John William Isaacs (September 15, 1915 – January 26, 2009) was a Panamanian-American professional basketball player. Born in Panama but raised in New York City,Claude Johnson.Harlem When. '' SLAM Magazine Online''. January 26, 2009. Retrieved ...

Joe Lapchick Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick (April 12, 1900 – August 10, 1970) was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, ove ...

Frank McGuire Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1913 – October 11, 1994) was an American basketball coach. At the collegiate level, he was head coach for three major programs: St. John's, North Carolina, and South Carolina, winning over a hundred games at ...

Willis Reed Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball ...

Satch Sanders Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders (born November 8, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played his entire professional career as a power forward (basketball), power forward for the Boston Celtics of the National B ...

1993

* Roger Brown *

Lou Carnesecca Luigi P. Carnesecca (January 5, 1925 – November 30, 2024) was an American men's college basketball coach at St. John's University. Carnesecca also coached at the professional level, leading the New York Nets of the American Basketball Assoc ...

* Tony Jackson * Leonard Lewin * Nancy Liberman-Cline *

Jim McMillian James M. McMillian (March 11, 1948 – May 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. After starring at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, McMillian played college basketball for the Columbia Lions. He led Columbia to a t ...

* Jammy Moskowitz * John Nucatola * Sid Tannenbaum *

Max Zaslofsky Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) where he was selected to th ...

* '38-'39 James Madison Championship Team

1994

Norm Drucker Norm Drucker (July 4, 1920 – February 6, 2015) was a major influence in professional basketball officiating for over 35 years. His NBA and ABA officiating career as both a referee and Supervisor of Officials spanned the careers of all-time pro ...

* Mickey Fisher *

Ernie Grunfeld Ernest Grunfeld (born April 24, 1955) is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player and former general manager in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In college at the University of Tennessee, he set a new record as the sc ...

Bernard King Bernard King (born December 4, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player at the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 14 seasons with the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warrior ...

Bobby McDermott Robert Frederick McDermott (January 7, 1914 – October 3, 1963) was an American professional basketball player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was known as an outstanding shooter and has been called "the greatest long-distance shooter in the history ...

Al McGuire Alfred James McGuire (September 7, 1928 – January 26, 2001) was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, the head coach at Marquette University from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship in his final season at Marquette, an ...

* Claude "Red" Phillips *

Cal Ramsey Calvin Ramsey (July 13, 1937 – March 25, 2019) was an American professional basketball player and broadcaster. A standout college player for NYU, he played 13 NBA games over two seasons. After his playing career ended, he began a 28-year affi ...

* Ossie Schechtman * ‘49-50 CCNY Championship Team

1995

* Al Badain * Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro * Bernie Fliegel * Charles Scott * Alan Seiden * ‘69-70 NBA Championship New York Knicks

1996

Marv Albert Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he was also know ...

* Jerry Fleishman * Rudy La Russo *

Howard Cann Howard Goodsell Cann (October 11, 1895 – December 18, 1992) was an American sportsman best known as the long-time men's basketball coach at New York University. He was also an Olympic shot putter and a college basketball and football player. ...

* Donnie Forman *

Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player ...

Vinnie Johnson Vincent Johnson (born September 1, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was ni ...

* The N.Y. Renaissance

1997

Harry Boykoff Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. During his career he was often referred to as "Heshie", Big Hesh", and "Big Boy". He stood at tall. Early life Boykoff was born on the Lowe ...

* World B. Free *

Kevin Loughery Kevin Michael "Murph" Loughery (born March 28, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Loughery coached both Julius Erving and Michael Jordan, and gave Phil Jackson his first NBA coaching job. Early life Loughe ...

* Lou Rossini * Cecil Watkins * Milton Kutsher * St. John's Wonder Five

1998

Mel Davis Melvyn Jerome Davis (born November 9, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" power forward from St. John's University, Davis played four seasons (1973–1977) in the National Basketball Association as a member of ...

* Ray Lumpp *

Dean Meminger Dean Peter "the Dream" Meminger (May 13, 1948 – August 23, 2013) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for Marquette where he was the NIT MVP in 1970 and a Consensus first-team All-American in 1971. He late ...

Doug Moe Douglas Edwin Moe (born September 21, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a head coach with the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988. Ea ...

Irv Torgoff Irving Torgoff (March 6, 1917 – October 21, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. Early life Torgoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, and played basketball at Tilden High School. Education He attended Long Island Universi ...

Frank Layden Francis Patrick Layden (born January 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former basketball coach and executive of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz as well as former head coach of the Women's National Basketball Associati ...

* Bill Spiegel * Charles "Doc" Turner

1999

*John Goldner *Hy Gotkin *Carl Green * Sidney Green *Howard Jones *Kevin Joyce *Tom Stith *

Jim Valvano James Thomas Anthony Valvano (March 10, 1946 – April 28, 1993), nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had a successful coaching career with multiple schools, culminating at NC State. Whi ...

2000

Rolando Blackman Rolando Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959) is a Panamanian-American former professional basketball player who spent 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most of it with the Dallas Mavericks. He was a four-time NBA All ...

*Ralph Kaplowitz *John Condon *Jack Donohue * Lucille Kyvallos *Jack McMahon *Kenny Smith *

Brian Winters Brian Joseph Winters (born March 1, 1952) is an American former basketball player and coach. Career Winters attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York, graduating in 1970. He then played collegi ...

*Power Memorial HS. ‘63-64

2001

*Dan Buckley *Jack DeFares * Mike Dunleavy *

Len Elmore Leonard J. Elmore (born March 28, 1952) is an American sportscaster, lawyer and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Elmore has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and Fox Sports and has served in the same capacity ...

*Tom Hemans *Mac Kinsbruner *Jim McDermott * Peter Vecsey

2002

*Fred Crawford *Larry Fleischer *Charlie Hoxie *Albert King *Chris Mullin *Mark Reiner *Solly Walker

2003

*Ed Conlin *Floyd Layne *Alfred "Butch" Lee *John Roche *Danny Lynch *Richard "Chink" Gaines *1959-60 Boys High Team

2004

*LeRoy Ellis * James "Buck" Freeman *John Lee * George Kaftan *

Malik Sealy Malik Sealy (February 1, 1970 – May 20, 2000) was an American professional basketball player, active from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident at the age of 30. Posthumously inducted into the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, Sealy ...

*Emilio "Zeke" Sinicola *Herb Turetzky *1972-73 Queens College Team

2005

*John Bach *Jack Curran *Lou Eisenstein *Clarence "Puggy" Bell *Vern Fleming *Lenny Rosenbluth *Willie Rubenstein *Dwayne "Pearl" Washington *The Original Celtics Team

2006

*Stacey Arceneaux *George Gregory *Jamal Mashburn *Nevil "Butch" Shed *Willie Cager *Mark Jackson *Rick Pitino *Mickey Crowley *Tommy Kearns *John "Honey" Russell *Willie Worsley

2007

*Burt Beagle *Walter Berry *

Al Bianchi Alfred A. Bianchi (March 26, 1932 – October 28, 2019) was an American professional basketball player, coach, general manager, consultant, and scout. Early years Nicknamed "Blinky", he attended P.S. 4 elementary school and graduated from Long ...

*Bobby Cremins *Mario Elie *Ed Pinckney *Hank Rosenstein *Bob Wolff

2008

*Kenny Anderson *Louis "LuLu" Bender *Pete Gillen *Joe Goldstein *Bob McCullough *Sam Perkins *Rod Strickland *Eddie Younger

2009

* John Andariese *John Crawford *

Armond Hill Armond G. Hill (born March 31, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He spent eight seasons in the NBA between 1976 and 1984, playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, San Diego Clippers and Milwaukee ...

John Kresse John Leopold Kresse V (born April 17, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American basketball coach and writer. Career and personal life Kresse is former head coach of the College of Charleston Cougars and assistant coach with the New York Net ...

* Gail Marquis *

Spencer Ross Spencer Ross (born July 19, 1940) is an American sportscaster. With the exception of the New York Mets, Ross has called play-by-play for every professional New York metropolitan area sports franchise, including the Yankees of MLB, the Nets a ...

John Salley John Thomas Salley ( ; born May 16, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the first player in NBA history to win championships with three franchises (since joined by Robert Horry, Danny Green, and LeBron James), as ...

* Bill Schaeffer * Sam Schoenfeld

2010

*George Johnson *Teddy Jones *Barney Sedran *Anthony Mason *Joe Mullaney *Isaac "Rab" Walthour *Phil Sellers *George Kalinsky

2011

*Kenny Charles *Jim Larranaga *Donnie Walsh *Sonny Dove *Debbie Mason *John Warren *Tom Henderson *Mike Saunders

2012

*Dick Bavetta *Donald Goldstien *Ricky Sobers *Ray Felix *Jack Kaiser *Charley Yelverton *Chuck Granby *Connie Simmons

2013

*Vaughn Harper *Don Kennedy *Hank Whitney *Jerry Harkness *Manny Sokal *Lee Jones *George Thompson

2014

*Craig "Speedy" Claxton *Hugh Evans *Mike Riordan *Felipe Lopez *Jack Rohan *Charlie Davis *Tom Owens *Christ the King HS 1993

2015

* Mike Davis * Geoff Huston *

Bob McKillop Robert McKillop (born July 13, 1950) is an American college basketball coach who is the former head coach of the Davidson Wildcats men's team of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He has a 100 percent graduation rate for his players during a 33-year t ...

Willie Hall
* Richard Lapchick * Sam Worthen *

Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw (born August 9, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks on June 11, 2007, though she ev ...

Johnny Mathis John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer. Starting his 69-year career with singles of standard (music), standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century and became highly popular as ...

2016

Gus Alfieri
* Howard Garfinkel * Sam Stith * Steve Burtt *

Olden Polynice Olden Polynice (born November 21, 1964) is a Haitian former professional basketball player. He played center for the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Associa ...

Jayson Williams Jayson Williams (born February 22, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 11 seasons, primarily with the New Jersey Nets. He played his first three seasons with the ...

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Jerry Reinsdorf Jerry Michael Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is an American sports executive and businessman who is the owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Re ...

Willie Worsley Willie James Worsley (born November 13, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the guards for the Texas Western Miners basketball team during their now-legendary 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky. Al ...

2017

Ron Behagen Ronald Michael Behagen (born January 14, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'9" center from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, Behagen played basketball in junior college and at the University of Minnesota ...

Jackie Jackson Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Jackson 5, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Jackson is the second child of the Jac ...

Steve Lappas Stephan Thomas Lappas (born March 18, 1954) is an American former college basketball coach. He coached at Manhattan (1988–1992), Villanova (1992–2001) and UMass (2001–2005), compiling a 280–237 (.542) record over a 17-year coaching ca ...

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Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he won NBA Finals, championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named ...

Kevin Stacom Kevin M. Stacom (born September 4, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball player. A guard from Holy Cross High School, Flushing, New York; and Providence College, Stacom played six seasons (1974–1979; 1981–1982) in the Natio ...

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* Tina Charles * Lauren Cargill * Jonathan Halpert * Gil Reynolds * Joe Hammond * Raymond Delmau * Ronnie Nunn * Tom Konchalski *

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Charley Rosen Charles Elliot Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach. Rosen has been selected for induction into the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2024. Career The 6' 8" Rosen p ...

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